This protest and lobby of Parliament and the demonstrations around the country are a measure of the massive public support for continued funding of the Remploy factories says GMB
Early indications from picket lines around the country are that todayaposs strike is being very well supported by an overwhelming majority of PCSaposs 250000 public sector members
Prison officers have been holding protest meetings at jails across Britain this morning against government plans to link their pension age to the state pension age.
Across the UK hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are on strike in protest at government plans to make them work longer and pay more for smaller pensions.
The government's claims about numbers of civil servants on strike over pensions are wildly inaccurate, the Public and Commercial Services union said today.
Prison officers have been holding protest meetings at jails across Britain this morning against government plans to link their pension age to the state pension age
The ILO is yet another influential voice telling Governments that austerity measures are hurting economic growth and with it any serious prospect of job creation
Public sector workers are being consulted on pension changes and there are mixed reactions but in none of the schemes have the majority of members agreed at this stage
Commenting on the Queen's speech which confirmed the government's plans to force public servants to pay more and work longer for a worse pension, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
Commenting on the Queenaposs speech which confirmed the governmentaposs plans to force public servants to pay more and work longer for a worse pension PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said